BB Drabble: Intercession
Intercession
The Starro creature owned him, within and without, but rare flickers of control allowed him to manipulate events, to protect his friends from himself. He drove them away however he could: John and Shayera retired; Static made himself less available for League missions; Enigma walked out in a cloud of hard words.
Still, Barda stayed by his side despite his efforts, and the other four had nowhere else to go, no one else to be. And then Micron almost died.
Desperate, Clark forced all his waning energy around one tempting image, enticed Starro into his only possible trap:
Find. Batman.